Torso of Aphrodite
1st-3rd century CE
Description
Upper part of a statuette with a diagonal break across the upper abdomen from the top of right buttock. The figure is missing the head, right arm and shoulder, and the lower left arm. There is a single grooved relief lock hanging down the left side of the back from where the head is broken off. There is a modern mounting hole drilled in bottom break. Brownish stains and accretions on break and upper part of abdomen.
Dimensions
10.5 x 8 x 4.4 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992.
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